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VWCC FACULTY HANDBOOK & VCCS POLICY MANUAL

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A Section Page
Academic and Student Affairs Council 2.4.1 2B-36
Academic Calendar 5.8 5-35
Academic Calendar II II.1.0
Academic Dismissal 5.7.7.3 5-35
Academic Freedom and Responsibility Policy 3.5.2 3-20
Academic Load, Student 5.7.5 5-31
Academic Policies 5.7 5-24
Academic Probation 5.7.7.1 5-35
Academic Rank Promotions 3.7.0 3-23
Academic Renewal 5.7.0.5 5-28
Academic Standing 5.7.7 5-35
Academic Suspension 5.7.7.2 5-35
Academic Warning 5.7.7.0 5-35
Access to State Board Records 2.0.2 2B-1
2-I 2-I-1
Accounting and Fiscal Management 4.2 4-3
Accounting Procedures, Community Service Activities 4.2.0 4-3
ACCREDITATION 8 .1 8-2
Accreditation Procedures, During Visits 8.1.2 8-3
Accreditation Summary 8.1.3 8-3
Actions Requiring State Board Approval 10.0.0.3 10-1
Activities, Political 3.14.6 3-85
Activities, Requirements for Student 6.4.5 6-23
Activity Fees, Student 4.3.1.4 4-12
Ad Hoc Committee to Establish VCCS Board 2A 2A-15
Add/Drop Period 8.3.0 8-3
Add/Drop Procedures 6.2.3 6-12
Additional Activities, Faculty 3.5.3 3-19
Adjunct Faculty 3.0.5 3-2
Adjunct Faculty, Employment of 3.4.3 3-18
Administration of Advanced Standing 5.7.6.1.0 5-33
Administration of Federally Funded Projects 11.4 11-2
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 4 4-1
Administration of Grants 11.1 11-1
Administrative Cost Allowance for Federal Programs 6.4.2.10 6-23
Administrative and Professional Faculty, Qualifications for 3.2.1 3-3
Administrative Leave 3.9.7 3-42
Administrative Relationships and Responsibilities 2A 2A-9
Administrative Titles, Use of 3.1.3 3-3
Admission, Application for 6.0.0 6-1
Admission to the Colleges, General 6.0.1 6-1
Admission to Courses 6.0.2.0 6-2
Admission Priorities 6.0.4 6-3
Admission Requirements, International Students 6.0.3 6-2
Admission to Specific Curricula 6.0.2 6-2
Admissions 6.0 6-1
Advanced Standing, Administration of 5.7.6.1.0 5-33
Advanced Standing 5.7.6.1 5-31
Advertising, College 7.5 7-4
Advisors, Faculty 6.4.0.1 6-19
Advisory Committee of Deans and Directors of Workforce Development and Continuing Education 2.4.4 2B-6
Advisory Committee of Deans of Financial and Administrative Services and Business Managers 2.4.2 2B-5
Advisory Committee of Faculty 2.4.3 2B-5
Advisory Committee of Provosts, Deans of Instruction and Student Services 2.4.1 2B-5
Advisory Committee, Student Financial Aid 6.4.2.1 6-20
Advisory Committees, Local Lay 2.5 2B-6
Advisory Committees, Local Lay Curriculum 5.3.4 5-18
Advisory Committees, Statewide 2.4 2B-4
Advisory Council of Presidents 2.4.0 2B-4
Affirmative Action Policy and Equal Employment 3.14.0 3-83
Aid, Educational 3.10.0 3-48
AIDS Policy 6.0.8 6-4
AIDS Policy XVIII XVIII.1.0
Air Conditioning 10.4.6.2 10-20
Alcoholic Beverages at Social Functions 6.4.5.1 6-24
Alien In-State Tuition 6.1.1 6-5
Amendments to Policies and Procedures 2A 2A-28
Annual Leave, 12-month Faculty 3.9.3 3-43
Annual Leave, Carryover (Unused) 3.7.3.0 3-27
Annual Report, College 7.1 7-2
Annual Report, VCCS 1 1-6
Annual Reporting Schedule 8.4.0 8-5
Appeal Hearings Guidelines, Presidential 3.15.4 3-95
Appeal Procedures, Tenure Policy 3.16.2 3-99
Application for Admission 6.0.0 6-1
Application of Virginia Personnel Act to Faculty 3.14.7 3-86
Applications for Federal Grants, Scope of 11.3 11-2
Applications, Preparation of Federal Grant 11.0 11-1
Appointment of Local College Boards 2A 2A-16
Appointment, Presidential 3.15.1 3-89
Appointment Policy, (Faculty) Original and Continuing 3.4.0 3-8
Appointment Proposal and Rank and Salary Proposal 3.4.1 3-13
Appointment, Presidential 3.15.1 3-85
Apprenticeship Training 5.0.0 5-1
Approval and Review Procedures, New Programs and Courses 5.3.0 5-16
Architects/Engineers, Responsibilities of 10.0.2.3 10-9
Architects and Engineers 10.0.2 10-8
Architects and Engineers, Selection of 10.0.2.1 10-9
Articulation 5.5 5-21
Articulation Guidelines 5.5.0 5-21
Articulation and Recruitment, High School 6.4.0.0 6-19
Assembly, Unauthorized or Disorderly 6.5.2 6-26
Associate Degree, Graduation Requirements for 5.2.2.0 5-14
Associate Degrees, Minimum Requirements for Table 5-1 5-10
Attendance, Class 5.7.9 5-35
Auditing a Course 5.7.2 5-29
Audit Committee, State Board 2C 2C-5
Audits 2A 2A-28
Authorization for Campus Demonstrations 6.5.1 6-25
Availability of Facilities 2A 2A-7
Average, Grade Point 5.7.0.2 5-26
Awards, Educational Programs 5.1 5-8
B
Bachelor's Credit, Student 6.3.3.1 6-18
Bad Check Policy 4.2.3.1 4-7
Basic Policy (Gov) 10.0.7.0 10-18
Bidding 10.0.7.1 10-18
Bid Opening and Review 10.0.7.2 10-19
Bidding and Awarding Contracts 10.0.7 10-18
Board, Community College (General Statement) 2A 2A-15
Board, Establishment and Functions of State 1 1-1
Board Meetings, Local 2.1.0 2B-2
Board Meeting State 2.0.1 2B-1
Bomb Threats, Responding to XXIII XXIII.4.0
Bonds for Employees 1 1-6
Books, Disposal of Surplus Library 4.4.1 4-18
Borings or Load Tests 10.0.5.4.2 10-14
Buildings and Equipment 2A 2A-26
Buildings, Removal of 10.0.3.2 10-11
Buildings, Use of Movable 10.0.3.3 10-12
BY-LAWS, STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES 2C
C
Calendar, Academic 5.8 5-35
Calendar, Reporting 8.3.1 8-4
Campus Civility XV XV.1.0
Campus Conduct 6.5 6-25
Campus Demonstrations, Authorization and Regulations for 6.5.1 6-25
Campus Police Services XXVI XXVI.2.0
Capital Outlay Planning 10.0.1 10-2
Capital Outlay Planning, Guides and Standards 10.0.1.0 10-2
Capital Outlay Requests, Development of 10.0.1.1 10-7
Capital Outlay Requests, Sequence for 10.0.1.1.1 10-8
Career Planning and Placement Services 6.4.1 6-20
Carryover of Annual Leave 3.7.3.0 3-27
Cash Receipts 4.2.1.0 4-4
Catalogs and Bulletins, College 7.4.0 7-3
Catalogs and State Curriculum Guide, College 5.4 5-17
Catalogs, Course Listing in 5.3.3 5-17
Categories for College Board Membership Table 2A-1 2A-19
Categories of Employees 3.0 3-1
Census Dates and Registration Periods 8.3.0 8-3
Certificate and Diploma Programs 5.2.1 5-12
Certificate, Graduation Requirements for 5.2.2.2 5-14
Certificates, Degrees and Diplomas, Design of 7.6 7-5
Certification Programs, Teacher 5.5.1 5-21
Chancellor's Duties 1 1-5
Chancellor's Commonwealth Professor Program 3.10.4 3-60
Chancellor's Fellowship for Classified Employees 3.10.3 3-58
Chancellor's Fellowship for Faculty 3.10.2 3-57
Chancellor/System Office, Responsibilities 2A 2A-12
Chart, VCCS Organization 2A 2A-29
Chart, VCCS System Office Organizational 2B 2B-3
Checks, Personal 4.2.3.0 4-7
Checks, Procedures Regarding Bad 4.2.3.1 4-7
Chief Administrative Officer of a Community College 2A 2A-22
Children on Campus XXV XXV.1.0
Class Attendance 5.7.9 5-35
Classes, Faculty Responsibilities for 3.5.0 3-18
Classification of Students 6.3 6-15
Classifications, Student 6.3.3 6-18
Classified Employees 3.0.6 3-2
Classified Employees, Chancellor's Fellowship for 3.10.3 3-58
Clean Air Guidelines XIII XIII.1.0
Code of Virginia, 23-7.2 6.1.1 6-5
Code of Virginia, 23-7.4 6.1.1 6-5
CODE OF VIRGINIA, CHAPTER 16 1
Codes, Safety 10.0.1.0.4 10-7
College, Advertising 7.5 7-4
College Catalogs and State Curriculum Guide 5.4 5-17
College Identification 7.2 7-2
College, Planning 8.0.2 8-1
College Newspapers 7.7 7-5
College Organization Appendix I
College Organizational Structure 2.2 2B-2
College Public Relations Information 7.0.3 7-1
College Publications 7.4 7-3
College Registration of Demonstrations Table 6-1 6-27
College Scholarship Assistance Program 6.4.2.3.0 6-21
Colleges, General Admission to 6.0.1 6-1
Colleges for Public Information, Responsibilities of 7.0.2 7-1
Colleges, Services of Public Relations Office to 7.0.1 7-1
College Training and Experience, Faculty 3.2.4 3-6
Color Combinations and Surface Materials 10.0.5.7.2 10-15
Commencement 5.7.10 5-35
Committee, Ad Hoc to Establish Community College Board 2A 2A-15
Committee, Student Financial Aid Advisory 6.4.2.1 6-20
Committees, Local Advisory 2A 2A-22
Committees, Local Lay Advisory 2.5 2B-6
Committees, Local Lay Curriculum Advisory 5.3.4 5-17
Committees, State Advisory 2A 2A-15
Committees, State Board 2C 2C-4
Committees, Statewide Advisory 2.4 2B-2
Community College Boards 1 1-3
2A 2A-15
Community College Boards, Appointment of 2A 2A-15
Community College Boards, Categories for Membership 2A 2A-20
Community College Boards, Distribution of Representation 2A 2A-18
Community College Boards, Duties & Responsibilities 2A 2A-18
Community College Boards, Reallocation 2A 2A-18
Community College Boards, Reappointment/Vacancies 2A 2A-17
Community College, Chief Administrative Officer 2A 2A-22
Community College Courses for Teacher Certification Programs 5.5.1 5-21
Community College, Definition of 2A 2A-1
Community Colleges, Establishment of 2A 2A-7
Community College Funds, Local 4.2.2 4-5
Community College President, Dismissal of 2A 2A-25
Community College President, Responsibilities of 2A 2A-24
Community Service, Administrative Guidelines 5.0.1.2 5-7
Community Service, Financial Support 5.0.1.3 5-8
Community Services, College 2A 2A-5
5.0.1.1 5-6
Community Service Leave 3.9.9 3-45
Community Services, Types (College) 5.0.1.1.0 5-6
Compensation Plan III III.1.0
Computer Competency Requirements 5.2.0.1 5-11
Computer Lab Use Policy XII XII.1.0
Conduct, Campus 6.5 6-25
Construction Activities 10.0.8 10-20
Construction Change Orders 10.0.8.1 10-20
Construction, and Maintenance, Funding of Site Development 10.0.1.0.2 10-3
CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING (OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES) 10 10-1
Consulting and Professional Duties 3.8.10 3-31
Consumer Information, Student 6.4.2.9 6-22
Contact with Other State Agencies 2.7.0 2B-7
Continuing Education 2A 2A-5
5.0.1.0 5-1
Continuing Education Administrative Guidelines 5.0.1.2 5-7
Continuing Education and Community Services 5.0.1 5-1
Continuing Education Definitions 5.0.1.0.0 5-2
Continuing Education Financial Support 5.0.1.3 5-8
Continuing Education, Recognition 5.0.1.0.3 5-6
Continuing Education, Required Records 5.0.1.0.2 5-5
Continuing Education Unit, Criteria for Applying 5.0.1.0.1 5-4
Contract Award 10.7.2 10-26
Contracted Instruction (Federal Installations & Virginia Employers) 4.3.0.3 4-10
Contractual Agreements: Delegation of Signature Authority 4.0 4-1
Contracts, Bidding and Awarding of 10.7 10-18
Coordination by SCHEV 1 1-3
2A 2A-6
Copyrights 12.0.6.1 12-6
Cost Allowance for Federal Programs 6.4.2.10 6-23
Counseling 6.4.0 6-18
Course Credits 5.4.1.2 5-19
Course Hours 5.4.1.1 5-18
Course Level, Developmental Studies 5.0.2.1 5-8
Course Listing in Curriculum Guide and Catalogs 5.3.3 5-17
Course Numbering System 5.4.1.0 5-18
Course Repeats 5.7.4 5-30
Course Withdrawal 5.7.3 5-30
Courses, Admission to 6.0.2.0 6-2
Courses, General Usage 5.4.1.3 5-20
Courses and Programs, Development of New 5.3 5-15
Courses, State Curriculum Guide 5.4.1 5-18
Courses, Teaching Non-Credit Community Services Courses 3.8.6 3-29
Credit by Examination 5.7.6.1 5-31
Credits Applicable to Second Degree 5.2.2.3 5-14
Credits, Course 5.4.1.2 5-19
Credits Earned, Developmental Studies 5.0.2.0 5-8
Credits, Waiver of 5.7.6.0.1 5-31
Credits, Work Load for Adjunct Faculty 3.8.7 3-29
Criteria for Establishment of Community Colleges 2A 2A-7
Criteria for Faculty Rank, Minimum 3.2.0 3-3
Cumulative Grade Point Average 5.7.0.2.1 5-26
Curricula 5.2 5-10
Curricula, Admission to Specific 6.0.2 6-2
Curricula, Transfer Between 6.0.6 6-3
Curricular Design for Degree Programs 5.2.0 5-9
Curricular Design, Major/Core 5.2.0.0 5-9
Curricular Student Classification 6.3.0.0 6-15
Curriculum Advisory Committees, Local Lay 5.3.4 5-17
Curriculum Description 5.4.0.0 5-17
Curriculum Grade Point Average 5.7.0.2.2 5-27
Curriculum Guide and College Catalogs, State 5.4 5-17
Curriculum Guide, Course Listing in 5.3.3 5-17
D
Dates and Registration Periods, Census 8.3.0 8-3
Day and Evening Programs 2A 2A-7
Deans of Financial and Administrative Services, Advisory Committee 2.4.2 2B-5
Deans of Instruction & Student Services, Advisory Committee 2.4.1 2B-5
Definition of a Community College 1 1-1
2A 2A-1
Degree Equivalency for Faculty Rank 3.2.3 3-6
Degree Programs, Curricular Design for 5.2.0 5-10
Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates, Design of 7.6 7-5
Degrees, Honorary 5.1.0 5-8
Degrees, Minimum Requirements for Associate Table 5-1 5-10
Demonstrations, Regulations for Campus 6.5.1 6-25
Demonstrations, Unauthorized or Disorderly 6.5.2 6-26
Deposit and Disbursement Procedures 4.2.1 4-4
Design Criteria, General 10.0.1.0.1 10-3
Development of Capital Outlay Requests 10.0.1.1 10-7
Development of New Programs and Courses 5.3 5-15
Development, Student 6.4 6-18
Developmental Programs 2A 2A-5
Developmental Studies, Course Level 5.0.2.1 5-8
Developmental Studies, Credits Earned 5.0.2.0 5-8
Developmental Studies, Definition 5.0.2 5-8
Developmental Studies, Grading 5.7.0.1 5-26
Developmental Studies Student 6.3.3.0 6-18
Diploma and Certificate Programs 5.2.1 5-12
Diploma, Graduation Requirements for a 5.2.2.1 5-13
Diplomas, Degrees and Certificates, Design of 7.6 7-5
Disabilities, Guide to Accommodating People with XiX XIX.1.0
Disbursement and Deposit Procedures 4.2.1 4-4
Discontinuation of Programs 5.3.2 5-15
Dismissal, Academic 5.7.7.3 5-35
Dismissal of President, Procedure for 2A 2A-25
3.15.3 3-93
Dismissal, Faculty Sanctions 3.12.2 3-71
Disorderly Assembly, Dispersing Procedures 6.5.2.0 6-28
Disorderly Assembly, Dispersion Action 6.5.2.1 6-28
Disorderly Assembly, Unauthorized or 6.5.2 6-26
Disorderly Conduct XV XV.2.0
Disposal of Surplus Library Books 4.4.1 4-18
Disposition of Sick Leave Balance 3.9.1 3-39
Distribution of Publications/Public Information 7.1 7-2
Distribution of Representation (College Boards) 2A 2A-18
Domicile, Student 6.1 6-4
Drawings, Preliminary 10.0.5.5 10-15
Drawings and Project Criteria, Schematic 10.0.5.4 10-14
Drawings, Working 10.0.5.6 10-15
Duties and Consulting, Professional 3.8.10 3-31
Duties and Responsibilities (College Boards) 2A 2A-18
Duties, System Office/Chancellor 2A 2A-12
E
Education, Continuing 5.0.1.0 5-1
Educational Aid for State Employees 3.10.0 3-48
Educational Aid Guidelines 3.10.1 3-54
Educational Aid Policy VIII VIII.1.0
Educational Facilities Planning 10.0.5 10-13
Educational Foundations 2A 2A-27
Educational Leave 3.4.0.3 3-10
Educational Planning Guide, VCCS 5.3.5 5-17
Educational Program Goals 2C 2C-2
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 5
Educational Programs, Types of 5.0 5-1
Educational-Architectural Program 10.0.5.2 10-13
Eligibility of Students 2A 2A-6
Emergency Procedures XXIII XXIII.1.0
Emeritus, Professor 3.1.2 3-2
Employee Ethics Agreement XII XII.3.0
Employees 1 1-6
Employees, Categories of 3.0 3-1
Employees, Classified 3.0.6 3-2
Employment, Faculty, Outside College 3.8.9 3-31
Employment of Relatives 3.3.2 3-7
Employment Procedures IV IV.1.0
Engineers and Architects 10.0.2 10-